This photo was taken in a 'mokoro,' a dugout canoe used to navigate the waterways in the Okavango Delta, the largest inland river delta in the world. Poling a mokoro canoe through the Delta is akin to canoeing in a maze because of the reeds rising several feet above the water levels. Taking turns riding in the front of the mokoro creates a sense of trailblazing as you push through smaller clumps of reeds and over the lily pads blanketing the water.

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